Real Betis manager Manuel Pellegrini has disclosed that he built the foundation for Pep Guardiola’s success at Manchester City.
Recall that Pellegrini spent three years with the Citizens before leaving the club for Malaga in 2010.
In a chat with Tribalfootball, Pellegrini said that he was the key figure behind Guardiola’s success with the team.
“They talked with me three or four months before and said they were going for Pep, but if Pep wasn’t going to be their coach, I was.
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“Pep then went to Bayern Munich. I worked there for three years and changed the style of Roberto Mancini, which is what they wanted, and they were successful.
“It is not the same Manchester City as it is today. In the first year we bought players, but in the second we couldn’t improve the team because we had a Uefa punishment. The third year we improved with Raheem Sterling and Kevin de Bruyne.
“After that, Manchester City continued investing a lot of money in good players to get a better team. Maybe today, with Real Madrid, they are one of the two best teams in the world.
“I didn’t have a problem to leave. I knew they would continue growing because they are very ambitious and know how to develop football.”
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